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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Alaskan Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children in Cambodia

An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted yesterday for
sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and
attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to
Cambodia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the
Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler of
the District of Alaska.

Jason Jayavarman, 45, was convicted of sexual exploitation
of children and attempted travel with the intent to engage in illicit sexual
conduct in a foreign place.A sentencing
hearing will take place before U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason of
the District of Alaska, and will be scheduled at a later date.Jayavarman remains in custody pending
sentencing.

The evidence presented at trial established that Jayavarman
had produced multiple videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with a child in
Cambodia over the course of 12 trips between 2010 and his arrest in 2013.Jayavarman then transported the recordings
back to the United States.

The evidence also detailed a trip that Jayavarman had
planned for himself and others to Cambodia for the purpose of engaging in
sexual activity with children as young as 12 years old.Unbeknownst to Jayavarman, one of the
individuals was an undercover FBI agent.According to the evidence presented at trial, Jayavarman explained to
the undercover agent how to groom a child for sex, how to avoid law enforcement
and how to record high quality “mementos” of the sexual activity.

Jayavarman’s child exploitation activities came to light
following a concerned citizen’s anonymous tip.

The case was investigated by the FBI and the Anchorage
Police Department.The case was
prosecuted by Trial Attorney Ravi Sinha of the Criminal Division’s Child
Exploitation and Obscenity Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Audrey J.
Renschen of the District of Alaska.